No More "Mamamia" with Diarrhea

For our second unit in our STEAM class Cure, we learned about different treatments and medicines. We studied how different substances affect the body. Medicament is a term that we learned referring to just the drug that is taken, but medicine can refer to the whole practice. For one of our FE days, we did a miracle berry lab. The miracle berry is a berry that blocks the sour taste signals in your tongue, so sour food can taste sweet. We tried different food like salt and vinegar chips, pickles, and my favorite mustard. For this AP, we had to choose a symptom to study. I chose diarrhea because it was symptom so common yet a lot of people are not aware of the prevention you might take. To find out more check this snazzy project out!

Rotationplasty... a 180° difference

The First unit of our new Sophomore class, Cure, we explored the impact of surgery throughout the years. This unit was very exciting, the range of subjects we learned in this unit was was mind blowing to explore. From the method of healing in Western medicine to understanding of the different anatomic systems, organs and tissues. Our class visited the International Museum of Surgical Science to study the history of surgeries where we got a closer look into the trials and tribulations medicine has gone through. This led us to doing our own research on surgeries we were interested in; that's when I chose Rotationplasty as my final action project. Hope you enjoy!